The Road To Ensenada

Way down yonder on the bayou
There lives a little girl-o
Skin so pale
Six feet high
Skinny as a rail
Just one eye

She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona

Her daddy gone to heaven
Her mama won't like you
Her brother he's crazy
He just might bite you
Her sister she's pretty
But she just won't do

She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona

Oh you can say she gonna love you
Because you made a little voodoo
Oh but what they didn't tell you
Is it ain't up to you dude

You better not cross her
You try to boss her
Then you better duck mister
Here come a cup and saucer

She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona

So if you're going to the bayou
Man i'll tell you all i know
She's got skin so pale
She's six feet high
And she'll look right through you
With just one eye

She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona
She's the one-eyed fiona

Man you better let go
You can't hold on to
What belongs to me
And don't belong to you

I caught you looking
With your roving eye
So mister you don't have to act
So surprised

If it's her you want
I don't care about that
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

I grew up lonesome
On the open range
And that cold north wind
Can make a man feel strange

My john b. stetson
Was my only friend
And we've stuck together
Through many a woman

So if it's her you want
I don't care about that
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

My mama told me
Son to be polite
Take your hat off
When you walk inside

But the winds of change
They fill the air
And you can't set your hat down
Just anywhere

So if you plead not guilty
I'll be the judge
We don't need no jury
To decide because

I wear a seven
And you're out of order
'cause i can tell from here
You're a seven and a quarter

But if it's her you want
I don't care about that
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

If it's her you want
I don't care about that
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

No it never complains
And it never cries
And it looks so good
And it fits just right

But if it's her you want
I don't care about that
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat
You can have my girl
But don't touch my hat

Promises given
And promises broken
Words stain my lips
Just like blood on my hands

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

I offer no reason
I ask for no pity
I make no excuse
For the way that i am

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

I god is my witness
Then god is my savior
But if you are my judge
Then i'm already damned

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

And would if my fingers
To cut off and give you
Could gain my redemption
I'd cut off my hands

But words are like poison
That bends you and blinds you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

So this is my story
And i hope that it finds you
For your sweet attention
I cannot demand

And words are like poison
That lives down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

Once upon a time ago
Way up in the land of sleet and snow
How this fairy tale would go
I could not have known

I had searched around this world so mean
From livingstone to palestine
Trying to pursue my dream
Of love

It was then i met this girl so fine
She made me think so fast i left my thought behind
And i tried to pass for a sophisticated
Northern man

I said why yes my dear i know exactly what you mean
Because there's not so much i haven't done or seen
And may i say your eyes are the loveliest
Shade of jade

I said come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby

It was then i knew i had made my first mistake
She did not even start to wait
And as she turned around to walk away
This is what she had to say

She told me man i come from way down south
I've got a picket fence with a picket house
And i don't need no fast talking northern man
Like you around

I said well come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby

Honey i don't know what you just heard
But alabama is my favorite word
And birmingham
Is a long way from here

I could see the light began to shine
She turned back around her eyes met mine
And suddenly the whole world became
A better place

Even if it was only for an instant
Because it was then i knew i had made my
Second mistake

She told me man that was a real good try
But alabama's not where i reside
I come from where the river is wide
And the crawfish hide

I said well come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby

Honey i don't know what you just heard
But louisiana is my favorite word
And new orleans
Is a long way from here

She just looked at me and shook her head
Your lines are pretty sad she said
You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man
If this is doing the best you can

It was then i knew i had made my third mistake
Yes three strikes right across the plate
And as i hollered honey please wait
She was gone

I said well come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby

Honey i don't know what you just heard
Bartender set 'em up are my favorite words
Because the love i need
Is a long way from here

Oh the love i need
Is a long way from here

Yes well there i sat so all alone
Like a king who sits upon his throne
And whose kingdom may have just gone home
With another kingdom

So as you can imagine much to my surprise
When the door was flung back open wide
It was a miracle
She walked inside
And pulled her chair up next to me

And that's when she knew
She had made her
First mistake

Honey i don't know what you just heard
But come on baby
Are my favorite words
And where we're going
Is a long way from here

And where we're going
Is a long way from here

So like i said before
I could not have known
How this fairy tale would finally go
Still the only certain thing for sure
Is what i do not know

So like the years and all the seasons pass
And like the sand runs through the hour glass
I just keep on running faster
Chasing the happily
I am ever after

I just keep on running faster
Chasing the happily
I am ever after

As i lay sick and broken
Viva mexico
My eyes just won't stay open
And i dream a dream of home
I dream a dream of home

Where there's coffee on the table
And kindness in your hand
Honey i'll help you when i'm able
But right now i'm feeling bad
Right now i'm feeling bad

Listen to your heart that beats
And follow it with both your feet
And as you walk and as you breathe
You ain't no friend to me
You ain't no friend to me

The road to ensenada
Is plenty wide and fast
If you head south from tijuana
Then i'll see you at last
I'll see you at last

But my eyes they open slowly
And they look around the room
The old man he seems worried
And there ain't no sign of you
There ain't no sign of you

Listen to your heart that beats
And follow it with both your feet
And as you walk and as you breathe
You ain't no friend of me
You ain't no friend of me

You can offer to the righteous
The good that you have won
But down here among the unclean
Your good work just comes undone
Your good work just comes undone

The sisters at the borderline
They're holding out their hands
They're begging me for something lord
But i don't understand
I don't understand

So it's adios to alvero
Tell him to stay between the lines
And if he sees that gabriella girl
Tell her i'll look her up next time
Say i'll look her up next time

Because the road to ensenada
Is plenty wide and fast
And this time through tijuana
Well it won't be my last
It won't be my last

Listen to your heart that beats
And follow it with both your feet
And as you walk and as you breathe
You ain't no friend of me
You ain't no friend of me
You ain't no friend of me

And his hand it fell behind her
As his arm it reached around
And she looked at the window
And she watched the shade go down

It was a private conversation
No one heard her say
That the man she left behind her
Was two thousand miles away

Singing boy pick up that fiddle
And play that steel guitar
And find yourself a lady
And dance right where you are

There was a lonely girl from nowhere
With a smile all sweet with pain
And she never stopped to wonder
If she'd see him again

It was a private conversation
No one heard her say
That man that she was looking for
Was only twenty streets away

Singing boy pick up that fiddle
And play that steel guitar
And find yourself a lady
And dance right where you are

And the band it just kept playing
As she came walking in
And he never stopped to wonder
If he'd see her again

It was a private conversation
No one heard him say
That girl he left behind him
Was two thousand miles away

He just sang boy pick up that fiddle
And play that steel guitar
And find yourself a lady
And dance right where you are

And the moral of this story
Is i guess it's easier said than done
To look at what you've been through
And to see what you've become

It's a private conversation
No one hears you say
It's a private conversation

And his hand it fell behind her
As his arm it reached around
And she looked at the window
And she watched the shade go down

It was a private conversation
No one heard her say
It was a private conversation
No one heard him say
It was a private conversation
No one heard her say
It was a private conversation

You say you're not from texas
Man as if i couldn't tell
You think you pull your boots on right
And wear your hat so well

So pardon me my laughter
'cause i sure do understand
Even moses got excited
When he saw the promised land

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

See i was born and raised in texas
And it means so much to me
Though my girl comes from down in georgia
We were up in tennessee

And as we were driving down the highway
She asked me baby what's so great
How come you're always going on
About your lone star state

I said that's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

Oh the road it looked so lovely
As she stood there on the side
And she grew smaller in my mirror
As i watched her wave goodbye

Those boys from carolina
They sure enough could sing
But when they came on down to texas
We all showed them how to swing

Now david's on the radio
And old champ's still on the guitar
And uncle walt he's home with heidi
Hiding in her loving arms

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

They're ok in oklahoma
Up in arkansas they're fair
But those old folks in missouri
They don't even know you're there

But at a dance hall down in texas
That's the finest place to be
The women they all look beautiful
And their men will buy your beer for free

And they'll say that's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

So won't you let me help you mister
Just pull your hat down the way i do
And buy your pants just a little longer
And next time somebody laughs at you

You just tell 'em you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway

That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
That's right you're not from texas
But texas wants you anyway